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Diaspis aequalis Munting, 1967 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Diaspis aequalis Munting 1967a: 254. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Bain's Kloor, Wellington District, on Leucadendron daphnoides, 01/09/1965, by D.J. Rust. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in USNM and BMNH. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Diaspis aequalis differs from other Diaspis species in having as many as 3-5 gland spines in the 1st and 2nd interlobular spaces. Other unusual characters include the dorsal and marginal macroducts are the same size, more than one marginal macroduct may occur between the median lobes, and the numerous ventral pygidial microducts (Munting, 1967a).
Structure: Female scale white, subcircular, about 1.3 mm in diameter, exuviae subcentral or lying at the margin; ventral scale very well developed, united with the dorsal scale so as to entirely enclose the female. Male puparium white, elongate, parallel-sided, non-carinate, about 0.8 mm long. Adult female broadly turbinate, 0.7-1.2 mm long (Munting, 1967a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Munting (1967a).